Field trips are a great way for teachers to engage students and give them a first hand
understanding of a subject — but they're not always practical or even possible.
Expeditions allows teachers to make their curriculum come alive by taking their students
on field trips to almost anywhere they can imagine
Contents contributed and discussions participated by Shauna Hamman
Fonts for Google Docs - Extensis.com - 1 views
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Easy way to access new fonts to use in Google Docs.
Global Math Task Twitter Challenge - 0 views
Google for Education: Expeditions - 1 views
Make-a-Map for BrainPop - 1 views
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Make-a-Map is BrainPOP's newest tool for concept mapping. Concept mapping gives students the chance to transform information into knowledge by making meaningful connections between their thoughts and ideas using BrainPOP images, keywords, and movie clips as resources to get them started.
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If you use BrainPop, Make-a-Map is a powerful tool with lots of possibilities. Have students create their own concept maps to present to classmates.
3 Minute Tip: Boomerang for Gmail - 0 views
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A quick video explaining the Gmail add-on Boomerang. It enables you to schedule emails and follow up on emails you send automatically.
Educator Workshop: GeoMentor Program - 3 views
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The Arizona Game and Fish Department is looking for classroom teachers who wish to improve their understandin of GIS (geographic information systems) and its application to wildlife management. Through a year-long program, Department educaton and GIS staff will serve as mentors to help teachers understand and apply GIS tools and content into their classroom instruction.
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For middle and high school teachers
Map Your World - Nexus 7 Tablet Application - 0 views
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If you work with middle school and/or high school youth and want to incorporate technology into your curriculum, we invite you to participate in an exciting new project -- Map Your World -- an innovative, multi-platform project that places the power of new technologies into the hands of young change agents. To participate, follow the prompts at the bottom of the page to complete the application. If selected, you will be awarded five Nexus 7 tablets (valued at $200 each!) to support implementing Map Your World in classrooms and/or youth programs.
EdCamp Phoenix West - 5 views
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March 1, 2014 - 8:30am - 2:30pm
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Join us for EdCamp Phoenix West, a FREE educator-driven day of conversation and collaboration.
Adobe Forms Center: Create & Share Interactive Forms - 1 views
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This free web application lets you create pdf’s that are actually web forms that can be filled out directly on the pdf.
National Optical Astronomy Observatory: Project ASTRO Tucson - 1 views
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Developed by the Astronomical Society of The Pacific and coordinated in Tucson by NOAO, this unique educational program offers teachers instruction in conducting hands-on inquiry-based science activities in their classrooms plus an astronomer partner with whom to present the activities.
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This is a fantastic program for anyone who teaches about space/astronomy. You get matched with an astronomer partner for a whole year and get lots of great resources. If you want to participate you have to attend both days of the workshop in Tucson, but it's worth doing (and it's free). I did it a few years ago if you have any questions.
gClassFolders v2 - Google Script - 0 views
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Google script which creates "dropboxes" for every student in a class. Works with Doctopus.
ThingLink Interactive Image Contest | For K-12 - 2 views
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The ThingLink Interactive Image Contest invites students to connect audio, video, images, and text in one cohesive presentation. Students will dig deeper into content through research to present knowledge and ideas as they learn, practice and demonstrate digital literacy skills in image creation, selection, content curation, creativity, tagging and sharing.
edcampphx - 0 views
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February 23, 2013 - 8:30am - 2:30pm
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Edcamp is a day for educators to come to the table and deepen their understanding of their craft by creating a day of professional deve
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opment that truly meets the needs of every single attendee
Parent Roadmaps to Common Core Standards - 1 views
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Parent guides for supporting Common Core Standards for ELA, individualized for each grade level, K-HS (cick on left sidebar for math)
The Global Classroom Project: 2012-13 - home - 1 views
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The Global Classroom Project wiki is a collection of resources for teachers who want to collaborate globally. There are several big ongoing projects for all grade levels, as well as a huge directory of teachers you can contact on your own if you want to find a collaborator for a project.
HLWSkypers (Hello LIttle World) - 0 views
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This is a wiki with a very active group of teachers, from all over the world and all age groups, who like to communicate and collaborate by Skype. Request to join the wiki, then they'll add you as a contact on Skype. If you log on to Skype from time to time you can follow the conversation to see what types of projects people are doing and which you'd like to join, or you can put out a request for collaborators on your own.
The Next Step - Welcome to The Next Step - 0 views
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Via Skype or blogging, teachers will be teamed up from January to June 2013 and encouraged to "connect" their classrooms together.
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This looks like a great opportunity for teachers who want to connect with other classrooms.
Ookaboo! Free Pictures of Anything on Earth - 2 views
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Unlike some other free pictures sites, images in Ookaboo are public domain or creative commons and can be used freely for blogs, web sites, schoolwork, publications, and other creative projects.
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Source for free images.
Shauna Hamman